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Saturday, January 03, 2009

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Somedays you just gotta love the dollar bins at Target. ha I used Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Images to make these keychains. These images are from random sheets of vintage cuts from Craft Secrets. You can see them all here.The first one says "Where's the sale". The second one says "Even when apart.. you're in my heart"

The blank keychains come in a 3 pack like this for 1 $. The backs come off so that you can add a photo or an image. SO easy! I added a little charm to a couple of them. You could add charms , ribbon , whatever.

They had other "cheesy" images in them. But I just soaked them for a few minutes.. and they came right off. Again .. Target $ bin.While I was at it (using clear pebbles) .. I made this refrigerator magnets with images from the "Cooking" Image and Journal book.

Last night after I got home from Omaha.. I decided it was time to clean up my room (and my closet in my craft room) ... um... getting a little out of control from me digging through stuff lately.

ahhhh... feels so good to have it tidy again!I had some new art supplies from Altered Arts Magazine.. so I need to get them out where I could see them .. and use them! I had got this shelf .. 50% off , some time ago and just hadn't gotten it hung. That's because I needed to do some rearranging to find room on the wall! This room isn't that big.. and trust me .. I try to utilize all the space the best I can.

I also went through the closet..and the three big boxes of alterables. (you know.. the stuff you plan to alter... someday). I worked on organizing until almost 2 am.. and was so tired I fell into bed.. ready for a good sleep. Dan stayed at the cabin last night.. so I had the whole bed to myself. I just fell sound asleep and woke up to the faint sound of an alarm going of. I had forgotten that this clock (that had an alarm that never did work) was one of the things in one of those boxes.

I got up and followed the sound.. quickly realizing it was in one the the big boxes. (WAY AT THE BOTTOM of the box). I was so tired there was no way I was taking the box down off the shelf and dumping it all out to get to that box at 3am. I was so tired I just shut the closet door , the door to my studio and turned up my sound spa on my nightstand... hoping to drown it out. I'm thinking to myself.. "that battery in there HAS to be so old.. it will die soon and the beeping will stop". NOT A CHANCE

I did get back to sleep but I could always hear the beeping off in the distance. WHY didnt I just take care of it at 3am? Why did that clock never work before.. now.. suddening, when I don't want it to.. it does? Why is it batteries are always dead in things you NEED to use.. and will NEVER die when it's in an old alarm , going off in the closet at 3am???? lol

When I got up this morning .. it was still going off...............SO .. I finally had to dump out the whole box and find that stupid alarm clock.

Before taking the battery out.. I reset the time and the alarm.. just to try it.. because I could never get it to work before.. and do you think I could get that thing to go off again???? Nope!

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An award...

Thank Sasha for this award! Sasha work is amazing. You can check it out here. I'm honored that she passed this on to me.

Thanks for the award you are too sweet. :) You sure have been busy crafting! I love my mm wall organizer too I think I need about 5 more though! Hugs to you! We need to get you to KC soon for a craft day :)

OMGosh, you just crack me up! I'm surprised you didn't just sit down and start creating again at 3am! LOL!Thanks for the award Ms. Vic! I am totally humbled that you passed this on to a *crazy stamper*! :o)

Thank you so much for the award! I am thrilled to bits to receive such a cool award from you.

i know I shouldn't but I had to laugh about the alarm clock story...how can something that looks so cool be so mean? LOL. But I hear ya on those soddin' batteries and it could have happened to me too, that's for sure. I would be the same - rather than sorting it out, just closing the doors

Woehaa... your alarm clock-story made me smaile! Oww.... what a night! Love the little things you've made and your shelf is great!!! Lovely space to store things!And what a surprise you gave me this beautiful award, thank you sweetie!!!! I feel so honoured!Have a great and creative week!

Yikes! The closest Target to me is Kearney (1 1/2 hours away) they will probably be out by the time I get there!! Your key chains and magnets are so Cute! Wish I could stay up cleanat night but I am exhasted by 10:00!! Love your blog.

Everything is so cute. You see potential in so many things that I always overlook. Love the fridge magnets. Well, back to work tomorrow.......big sigh, as 6am will come awfully quick and I will want to bury the alarm in the closet, but like yours, it will continue to ring until I wring if out!

Love the keychains. I will have to remember that next year for all those little gifts I have to get. I had to laugh as I have that same white shelf for my crop room I got 50% off at Mchaels and it is still sitting there.

Ohhhh, Glimmer Mist! It's almost worth a trip to the border to try to find some!

Love the crafty secrets altered projects! I have a stash of the Crafty Secrets stuff now so need to find some of those keychains! Love 'em and the magnets. Incidentally, I just posted my Crafty Secret winter magnets!